mismanage
verb
mis·man·age
ˌmis-ˈma-nij 
mismanaged; mismanaging
: to manage (something) wrongly or poorly
mismanage a business
… started thinking that maybe employees are sometimes mismanaged because they let themselves be mismanaged. They don't fight back.—
A. J. Anderson
A. J. Anderson… even those professional Pollyannas who publicly find reason to praise the current municipal administration shake their heads in private and wonder how long we can go on deliberately mismanaging our affairs.—Brendan Gill
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Examples of mismanage in a Sentence
the business was mismanaged so seriously that it eventually had to declare bankruptcy
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Former President Donald Trump’s media company has forced out executives in recent days after internal allegations that its CEO, former Rep. Devin Nunes, is mismanaging the company, according to interviews and records of communications among former employees.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Virginia's Office of Emergency Medical Services and Richmond's finance department seem to be battling it out for who's better at mismanaging people's money.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
Several months later, on July 24, another complaint was filed by co-owner, Roger N. Behle Jr., alleging Anstead and Bednarski mismanaged the company's finances.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Several months later, on July 24, co-owner Roger N. Behle Jr. filed a complaint alleging Anstead and Bednarski mismanaged the company's finances.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Virginia's Office of Emergency Medical Services and Richmond's finance department seem to be battling it out for who's better at mismanaging people's money.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
Several months later, on July 24, another complaint was filed by co-owner, Roger N. Behle Jr., alleging Anstead and Bednarski mismanaged the company's finances.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Several months later, on July 24, co-owner Roger N. Behle Jr. filed a complaint alleging Anstead and Bednarski mismanaged the company's finances.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mismanage. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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